From Kracow: Auschwitz Complex Alternative Tour

This guided tour explores Auschwitz's lesser-known surrounding sites, starting and ending in Krakow, suitable for visitors seeking deeper historical context beyond the main camps.

Highlights

• Starts and ends in Krakow with round-trip transportation
• Visit Auschwitz-Monowitz (Auschwitz III) memorial
• Explore the Auschwitz 'camp extension': SS barracks, women's camp
• Stop at the pre-war theater (Zyklon B storage), Polish Ramp, and Old Jewish Ramp
• View the commandant's villa and gravel pits where executions occurred

Description

This alternative guided tour focuses on significant sites surrounding Auschwitz, excluding visits to Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Transportation from Krakow is included.

Visit the memorial to the final victims of Auschwitz and a mass grave containing 700 prisoners executed during the camp evacuation in January 1945. Explore the so-called “camp extension,” featuring new SS barracks, the last women’s camp, and the site of the final public execution.

See the first crematorium and gas chamber, the former villa of the camp commandant, and the gravel pits where clergy and Polish intelligentsia were punished and executed. The tour also includes the pre-war theater later used for Zyklon B storage, the Polish Ramp (first prisoner transport platform), and the Old Jewish Ramp, the primary selection site for European Jews.

Learn about the “Interest Zone” using maps and aerial photographs from 1944. In Birkenau, view the Death Gate, the main SS barracks, and the extermination zone, including Bunker 1 (Red House), Bunker 2 (White House), dressing room remains, and a cemetery for Soviet POWs.

Observe the Sauna building for prisoner disinfection and belongings processing. The tour concludes at the memorial dedicated to Auschwitz-Monowitz victims, providing a broader understanding of the camp system and its atrocities.

Includes

• Guided tour of Auschwitz surrounding sites
• Visit to the memorial to the final victims of Auschwitz
• Exploration of the camp extension area
• Viewing of the first crematorium and gas chamber
• Visit to the former villa of the camp commandant
• Tour of the gravel pits, Polish Ramp, and Old Jewish Ramp
• Insight into the “Interest Zone”
• Visit to Birkenau's Death Gate and main SS barracks
• Exploration of the extermination zone
• Visit to the memorial to victims of Auschwitz-Monowitz

Excludes

• Entrance to Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau main camps

Important Information

• This tour does not include Auschwitz I or Auschwitz II-Birkenau main camps.
• Expect a significant amount of walking.
• Contains sensitive content; may not suit all visitors.
• Wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
• Bringing water and a camera is recommended.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.